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Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 12:55:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <jmcla@ocala.cs.miami.edu>
To: Doug Lo <jwlo@ms11.hinet.net>
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Subject: Re: Root login message, should I care about it?
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You need to grab a login.conf file from the source dist.  For some
reason 2.2.2 doesn't install one.  When you get the login.conf, run
cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf, and the login_getclass: unknown class 'root'
will disappear.

-Joe Clarke

On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Doug Lo wrote:

> Hi, folks,
> 
> How are you doing! When I use 'root' to login, the screen appears:
> 
> ================================================
> login_getclass: unknown class 'root'.
> ================================================
> 
> Then I type password, and it appears another message:
> 
> ========================================
> Warning: imported path contains relative components.
> ========================================
> 
> What do they mean? How do I solve them?
> Any comments will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> Doug.
>